Smoker&#39;s accessory



April 11, 1950 c. v. LUTZ 423,503,501

SMOKER S ACCESSORY Filed Deo. 17, 1946,

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I u vel/tor Charies Victor Lutz Attorneyx Patented Apr. 11, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,503,501 sMoKEas ACCESSORY Charles Victor Lutz, Hollywood, Calif. Application December 17, 1946,` Serial No. 716,808

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in smokers accessories, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device of the character herein described, which may be conveniently and effectively employed for removing the scale from the bowl of the pipe and for packing the tobacco in the bowl.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tool for the purposes above described which is conveniently associated with the tobacco pouch.

Another object of the invention is to provide a smokers accessory which is simple in construction, pleasing in appearance and which may be easily and conveniently manipulated.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a smokers accessory which will not easily become damaged and which will readily lend itself to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects in view, and such other objects as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the invention including the tobacco pouch.

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the scale removing and tobacco packing tool per se, and

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view, taken subf.

stantially in the plane of the line 3-3 in Figure l.

Like characters of reference are used to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention as a whole, is designated generally by the yreference character I0, the same consisting primarily of a. tobacco packing and scale removing tool designated by the general reference character I I.

The tool II embodies in its construction a substantially tubular sleeve I2 including a longitudinal bore I3 and provided at one end with a counterbore I4. A pair of disc-like heads I5 and I6 are formed at the ends of the sleeve I2, as will be clearly apparent.

A stem I1 is slidably positioned in the bore I3 and one end of the stem terminates in a pointed extremity I8. An annular shoulder I9 is formed on the stem I 'I adjacent the extremity I8 and a further shoulder is provided adjacent the remaining end of the stem, as is best shown in Figure 2. The shoulder I9 is receivable in the counterbore I4, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

1 Claim. (Cl. 131-243) The end-portion of the stem I'I equipped with the shoulder 20 terminates in a spherical member 2| which is removably receivable in a complementary socket 22. This socket is fastened to one end of a ball and link chain 23, whereby the entire tool I l may be attached to a conventional key-ring (not shown) or the like.

However, for purposes of added convenience, the tool II may preferably be associated with a conventional tobacco pouch 24 equipped with the usual slide fastener 25. In such instance, the free end of the chain 23 may be connected to the pull tab 26 of the fastener 25 and the pouch 24 may be provided on the outer surface thereof with a substantially cylindrical jacket 21.

More specifically, this jacket may assume a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional configuration and may be provided with suitable longitudinally extending flanges 28 to facilitate attachment thereof to the pouch.

One end of the jacket 21 may be closed as indicated at 29, while the aforementioned tool Il, as a whole, may be inserted into the jacket through the remaining, open end of the latter.

It will be observed that the jacket 21 will provide a convenient storage compartment, as it were, for the tool I I, or alternatively, if simplicity of construction is to be attained, the provision of the jacket may be dispensed with and the tool I I may be positioned directly in the pouch 24.

With particular reference to the tool II per se, it will be found that the sleeve I2 may be slid on the stem II between the limits of the shoulders I9 and 20, that is, between one extreme when the shoulder 20 contacts the head I5 and the opposite extreme when the shoulder I9 contacts the inner end 29 of the counterbore I4. Matters are so arranged that in the last mentioned instance, the end I8 is disposed within the counterbore I4 as indicated by the phantom line 30, thereby permitting the head I6 to be used for packing the tobacco in the pipe bowl.

On the other hand, when the extremity I8 is projected from the sleeve I2 as indicated by the full line in Figure 2, the extremity may be effectively employed for removing the scale from the bowl of the pipe.

The removable connection afforded by the member 2l and the socket 22 will, of course, facilitate the use of the tool II independently of the chain 23 and of the associated pouch 24.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure, and accordingly, further deside Walls having separable contiguous edges to` aord an entrance opening, a slide fastener provided on said edges for closing said opening and including a pull tab, an elongated pocket provided on the outer surface of one of said side walls and having a closed end and an. open end, a tool removably positioned in said pocket and projecting outwardly from the open end of the latter, and a iiexible fastening element connected at one end thereof to the projecting portion of said tool and having its remaining end secured to said pull tab, whereby said tool may afford a handle for actuating said tab.

CHARLES VICTOR LUTZ.

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